Hair curler



June 10, 1941. H, RUBlRA 2,244,897

HAIR CURLER Filed Jan. 28, 1941 2. Sheets-Sheet l a 17/- /4 l i 2 ls) a7 i Altarm y Inventor June 10, 1941. H. RUBIRA 2,244,897

HAIR CURLER Filed Jan. 28, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 10, 19 41UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE HAIR CUBLER Heliodoro Rubira, Jersey City,N. .1.

Application January 28, 1941, Serial No. 376,381

3 Claims. (Cl. 132-33) This invention relates to hair curlers and anobject of the invention is to provide a device of this character whichwill facilitate the winding of the hair into small ringlets so that atight ringlet type of curl may be formed in the hair.

In accordance with the present invention means is provided for firstwinding the tress, starting at the outer end of the tress and windingthe latter inwardly toward the scalp, and subsequently compressing thecurl so formed between the parts of a clip which tend to flatten thecurl into a ringlet and hold it in that position and condition until thehair has dried.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be bestunderstood from a study of the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a curler embodying the features of thepresent invention and showing the tress wound thereon and prior to theclamping of the tress between the parts of a clip forming part of theinvention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the curler.

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the curler and viewing the samefrom the clipequipped end thereof.

Figure 4 is an elevational view showing the curled tress compressed inthe clip forming part of the invention.

Figure 5 is a perspective exploded view of a clip forming part of theinvention.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the curler, withcertain parts shown in elevation, and the male part of the clip inretracted condition.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view taken through thebarrel forming part of the curler and showing the parts of the clipengaged for compressing the curl therebebween.

Figure 8 is a view somewhat similar to Figure 7 but with the clipremoved and the plunger shown in retracted position in full line and infully projected position in broken line.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary view somewhat similar to Figure 7 but with theparts of the clip separated, and showing a slightly modified form ofclip.

Figure 10 is a plan view of the second form of clip, and

Figure 11 is a perspective exploded view of the second form of clip.

Referring more in detail to the drawings it will be seen that in thepreferred embodiment thereof the curler comprises a tubular barrel 5 ofmetal or other suitable material which is substantially closed at oneend and open at a relatively opposite end.

A spring-biased clamping lever 6 is provided adjacent one end thereofwith ears I through the medium of which and pins or the like 8 the lever6 is pivoted to the barrel 5 intermediate the ends of the latter. At theear-equipped end thereof the lever 6 has an oflset portion 9 forming afinger-piece to facilitate swinging the lever B into and out of clampingposition with respect to the barrel 5.

The barrel 5 forms a core upon which the strand or tress of hair iswound, and in this connection the operation followed involves firstclamping the extreme free end of the tress between the body of thebarrel 5 and the clamp 6 after which the barrel 5 and clamp 6 arerotated as a unit for winding the tress III on the barrel 5 towards thescalp, and into a coil as suggested in Figure 1. V

For compressing the coil into a relatively flat ringlet, a clip isprovided, and one form of clip is shown in Figure 5 and indicatedgenerally by the reference numeral ll, while a second or alternate formof clip is shown to advantage in Figures 10 and 11 and indicatedgenerally by the reference numeral I2.

The clip shown in Figure 5 comprises a pair of complemental members I3,l4, and each member l3, N is formed from a blank of metal, or othersuitable material, cut, shaped, and dimensioned to provide asubstantially circular intermediate body portion l5 and narrow elongatedarms l6 projecting from diametrically opposite sides of the body l5.

At the Junctions of the arms l6 and body I5 each clip member is providedin the upper and lower edges thereof with notches I1 and 18 tocomplement the edges of the barrel 5 formed by a longitudinal slot I!provided in the barrel 5 at the open end thereof.

Also the clip II has the parts l5 and I 6 of the clip member l3 providedwith male fastener elements 20, 2|, while corresponding parts of theclip member I are provided with complemental female fastener elements22, 23, to complement the fastener elements 20, 2 I, and for securingthe parts l3 and ll of the clip together with the coiled strand Illcompressed therebetween.

To facilitate securing the members 13 and ll of the clip together withthe curl Iflcompressed therebetween, and while the clip is mounted onthe barrel 5, said barrel 5 has a plunger 24 having a working fittherein and provided on one end of a rod 25 that works through anopening provided therefor in the substantially closed end of the barrelas shown.

Housed within the barrel 5 is a contractible spring 26 that isconvoluted about the rod 25 and has one end thereof secured to the rodand a second end thereof anchored to the substantially closed end of thebarrel 5. The normal tendency of the spring 26 is to contract andconsequently yieldably retain the plunger 24 in retracted conditionwithin the barrel 5.

In using the clip II the member M of the clip is first placed in theslotted open end of the barrel '5 and positioned at the extreme innerend of the slot l9. Next the clip member 13 is positioned in the openend of the barrel 5 and is disposed at the extremity of said end inspaced relation to the clip member H, as shown in Figure 1. The clipmembers thus retain this relative position during the winding of thetress on the barrel 5. After this winding has been accomplished, theoperator presses down on the finger-piece 9 of the lever 6 to releasethe curl, and at the same time pushes inwardly on the rod 25. Thiscauses the plunger 24 to act against the clip member ll pushing the sameforwardly from the position shown in Figure 6 to the position shown inFigure 7 resulting in a compressing of the hair curl l between the armportions Id of the clip members and the engaging of the female fastenerelements 22, 23 with the complemental male fastener elements 20, H,whereby to secure the clip members together and the hair curl tightlycompressed between said clip members.

As shown in Figure 7, by continued pressure on the rod 25, the clip withthe parts thereof detachably connected together and the hair curlcompressed therebetween is ejected bodily from the open end of thebarrel thus freeing the barrel entirely of the clip and permitting thebarrel to be removed while the clip remains on the compressed curl toretain it in a tight ringlet until the hair has dried.

Thus it will be seen that with a device of this character the curling ofthe hair into tight ringlets can be quickly and easily accomplished andcan be so accomplished without requiring a great deal of skill on thepart of the operator.

The form of clip. l2, shown in Figures 9 to 11,

inclusive, differs but slightly from the hereinbefore described clip II.The clip l2 has the member l3a thereof provided with male fastenerelements 20a while the clip member Ila is provided with female fastenerelements 22a that complement the male fastener elements 20a. The clip I2is, however, characterized over the clip H by the absence of thecomplemental fastener elements 2|, 23, and instead of such elements, theclip member l3a is provided with a centering rod or pin 21 that extendsfrom the center of the intermediate circular portion of the body of theclip member Ba and is accommodated in an aligning aperture 28 providedtherefor in the intermediate circular portion of the body of the clipmember Ha. This circular portion of the member a carries the springmeans for gripping the pin 21.

The clip I2 is used substantially in identically the same manner as isthe clip H, and therefore further detailed description of the clip I! isbelieved merely superfluous.

It is thought that the simplicity of the hair curler, together with itsmanner of use and advantages will be clear to those skilled in the artwithout further detailed description.

While I have herein illustrated and described a preferred embodiment ofthe invention, it is to be understood that I-claim all such forms of theinvention to which I am entitled in *view of the prior art and scope ofthe appended claims.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

i. In a hair curling device, a barrel having diametrically arrangedslots therein extending longitudinally and passing through one end ofthe barrel, a pair of separable clamping members each including acentral portion having a sliding fit in the barrel and a pair ofdiametrically arranged arms for passing through the slots of the barrel,said members being placed in the slotted part of the barrelin spacedrelation and the barrel adapted to have a tress of hair wound thereonbetween the two members, the two members having thereon complementalfastening elements for securing the two members together when themembers are pressed together and a manually operated plunger in thebarrel for pressing the two members together to grip the tress betweenthem and to push the two members with the tress between them out of thebarrel.

2. In a hair curling device, a barrel having diametrically arrangedslots therein extending longitudinally and passing through one end ofthe barrel, a pair of separable clamping members each including acentral portion having a sliding fit in the barrel and a, pair ofdiametrically arranged arms for passing through the slots of the barrel,said members being placed in the slotted part of the barrel in spacedrelation and the barrel adapted to have a tress of hair wound thereonbetween the two members, the two members having thereon complementalfastening elements for securing the two members together when themembers are pressed together and a manually operated plunger in thebarrel for pressing the two members together to grip the tress betweenthem and to push the two members with the tress between them out of thebarrel, each clamping member having notches in the inner ends of itsarms for receiving edge walls of the slots of the barrel.

3. In a hair curling device, a barrel having diametrically arrangedslots therein extending longitudinally and passing through one end ofthe barrel, 2. pair of separable clamping members each including acentral portion having a sliding fit in the barrel and a pair ofdiametrically arranged arms for passing through the slots of the barrel,said members being placed in the slotted part of the barrel in spacedrelation and the barrel adapted to have a tress of hair wound thereonbetween the two members, the two members having thereon complementalfastening

